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Today’s spam: Here’s what’s in my junk mail folder today: What is up with all that? Apparently I sent a payment to myself, I initiated another payment to myself, I am a user of myself who’s received exclusive offers for January, and I received a payment from myself. Read More...
Posted 21 January 09 10:13 by Steve Riley | 12 Comments
Filed under spam, email, things that make me angry
The opt-out from hell: One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers and all, after Read More...
Posted 16 September 08 12:22 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments
Filed under advertising, spam, email, things that make me angry, public policy
Blamestorming: So, let's recap the sequence of events: The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale accidentally republishes a six-year-old news story about the bankruptcy of UAL. It wasn't on the home page, but instead buried somewhere inside the web site. Google's Read More...
Posted 11 September 08 11:03 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under false claims, threats, things that make me angry, public policy
[OT rant] Are there any home WiFi routers that DON'T SUCK?: Warning: rant ahead, and names named. When I'm not traveling, I like to work from home some days rather than endure the trek from Seattle to Redmond (although it's much better now that our own employee transit service has expanded into my neighborhood Read More...
Posted 22 August 08 05:12 by Steve Riley | 25 Comments
Filed under things that make me angry, wireless, networking
FanBox: the latest in password scams: Looks like spammers have found yet another way to worm (ha ha) themselves into the computers of the unsuspecting. In my junk email folder this morning, I saw this message: From: Question It [mailto:question_it@fanboxapps.com] Sent: Monday, January 07, Read More...
Posted 07 January 08 10:09 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under spam, email, things that make me angry, things that make me worried
America, wake up: stop being "security sheep": OK, I need to complain a bit here. Yesterday I went to Best Buy to get a new digital camera. I already knew which one I wanted, so I found a sales guy, pointed to the display unit, and said, "I'd like one of these." "Sure," he replied. He found the keys, Read More...
Posted 02 January 07 10:49 by Steve Riley | 18 Comments
Filed under security theater, things that make me angry, public policy, things that make me worried
iPods spread disease?: Well well. Looks like a few new iPod owners are getting infected when they attach their players to their computers. I'll quote the first paragraph from Apple's web site: We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available Read More...
Posted 17 October 06 02:57 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments
Filed under false claims, protection, things that make me angry, things that make me laugh, malware
Must be a slow news day: reporter writes 100% crap: Imagine my surprise to read that Microsoft is removing NAP from Windows Vista ! Does this guy actually get paid money to write this drivel? The particular folks quoted in the article all have their own agendas, of course. News flash: we aren't dropping Read More...
Posted 03 October 06 11:12 by Steve Riley | 6 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, NAP, false claims, the trade press, things that make me angry, things that make me laugh
My blog is not a forum for advertisements: It's bad enough that the blasted spammers pollute the value of blogs and open forums by hijacking them with their nefarious comments for questionable pharmaceuticals claiming to extend particular body parts. I have recently received, only via private Read More...
Posted 30 September 06 10:17 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments
Filed under advertising, blogging, spam, things that make me angry
F*#$!@g spam!: Yeah, it's been a while since I've written a post, and I have some ideas I'll get to once the prep work for TechEd this year settles down a bit. But look -- why in the world do the freaking spammers have to start targetting blogs now? I keep my comments Read More...
Posted 31 May 06 12:31 by Steve Riley | 16 Comments
Filed under blogging, spam, things that make me angry
A CEO who should be fired: So the CEO of an important customer of ours (no, I won't tell you who it is) claims to be, um, "very technical" and therefore keeps his own Windows domain and refuses to be part of the corporate forest. Go ahead, take a moment to express your astonishment; Read More...
Posted 10 March 06 12:51 by Steve Riley | 9 Comments
Filed under things that make me angry, things that make me laugh, things that make me worried
What motivates a journalist?: OK, I have to unload a burden here. I often interact with the tech press in various places throughout the world. I've had wonderful, productive meetings with many fine journalists. New Zealand and Malaysia particularly stand out in my memory. However, Read More...
Posted 18 January 06 03:52 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under false claims, the trade press, things that make me angry, wireless
New site at the top of my favorites list: You know, stupid security abounds. I just discovered this site today, and I plan to become a regular visitor -- and probably a contributor, too! I encourage you to explore it and enjoy. Oh, some advice: it probably would be unwise to read an offline archived Read More...
Posted 16 November 05 01:46 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under false claims, security theater, things that make me angry, security myths, things that make me laugh
The Internet routes around outages -- and censorship, too: Have you seen this yet? " Grokster ruling begins the good fight " If you haven't, it's worth your time to read -- it's a terrible shibboleth for a U.S. "national firewall." Coursey is promoting the idea that all U.S. Internet access should pass through Read More...
Posted 27 September 05 02:28 by Steve Riley | 3 Comments
Filed under false claims, security theater, things that make me angry, security myths, public policy
Airport security silliness: So today (Thursday 21 July 2005) I flew from Seattle to Dallas for a customer meeting. Since it's a short one-day affair, I packed my small carry-on size suitcase. In it was a pair of shoes, one pants, one shorts, two shirts, a toiletry bag, and my collection Read More...
Posted 21 July 05 08:23 by Steve Riley | 5 Comments
Filed under security theater, risk mitigation, things that make me angry, security myths, security science, public policy, aviation security

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